Cindy agreed to the point he made. “Yes, indeed. What’s the point of having big numbers in the account? There’s only this much you can spend in a day anyway.”
As the two conversed, the atmosphere felt rather pleasant, as if they had found a clone of themselves.
Soon, their orders arrived, and they switched to another topic. Gary briefly informed her the current state of her investment.
Cindy listened attentively to his elaboration. After her investing “class” with Gary, she could understand some of what he was talking about.
In fact, she had already prepared to invest in another project. Although she wasn’t exactly determined to resign, she thought it was best to have a backup plan.
If Gary’s investment was actually beneficial to her, perhaps she could entirely detach herself from being Ian’s assistant.
As the two dined and chatted, the mood was delightful. Not even a tinge of awkwardness was present.
Later, when Cindy was about to pay for dinner, Gary revealed he had already paid for it in advance.
She immediately glowered at him. “I’ve asked too much from you, Mr. Frye. If this goes on, I’d be too embarrassed to dine with you anymore in the future.”
Gary suppressed his speaking volume. “I saw someone I know here earlier. Him and I aren’t exactly on the best of terms. In fact, we’ve been fighting a lot lately. If he were to find out a woman bought me dinner, who knows how he would set me up tomorrow. So let me pay for this, and you can get the next one, okay?”
Cindy wasn’t certain whether he was telling the truth, but there was definitely sincerity in his words as he grinned.
Since that was the case, she didn’t refute any longer.
After hesitating for a while, she nodded in agreement. “I’ll get the next one. That’s a promise, alright? I’ll get mad if you pull another sneaky prepayment.”
Gary instantly laughed out. “Yes, yes. Duly noted.”
Accordingly, the two walked out of the restaurant. Gary, who had driven over himself, offered, “Let me send you home.”
Initially, Cindy wanted to refuse the offer, but she changed her mind when Gary quickly added, “I don’t feel good letting a young lady take the cab at night. Allow me to send you home, for safety reasons. Don’t worry. I won’t leak your address to the paparazzi even if I know it.”
Since he had given her his words, she could only get into his vehicle as she said her thanks.
And so, Gary started his car. “You’re always so courteous with me. Honestly, I consider us friends, and friends need not be so distant with each other, do they?”
Cindy was pleasantly surprised. Never had she expected Gary to see her as a friend.
All this while, she merely thought he was only taking care of her as his customer.
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Ien nodded in response. Since he wes weering e mesk, his voice sounded muffled. “Thenk you for sending Cindy home, Mr. Frye.”
Little did she know, she was able to astound him, which shouldn’t be an easy feat.
Later, Gary sent Cindy to the neighborhood entrance. Before the car even stopped, she saw someone standing by the entrance.
Since the neighborhood wasn’t crowded at this hour, Ian was easy to spot.
In his hand was a bag filled with fruits.
At that moment, his head was lowered as he was looking at his phone. As he was donning a cap and a mask, she couldn’t tell what kind of expression he was making.
Gary, who caught sight of Ian, said, “Oh, that must be Ian.”
Cindy dropped her head and hesitantly replied, “It’s him. But I’m sure we still have fruits back at home. Why is he out here?”
As she finished speaking, the car stopped at the roadside.
Cindy pushed the car door open and alighted. Not daring to call out Ian’s name, she loudly quizzed, “Why are you out here? Where’s Mrs. Morgan? Is she home?”
Ian then raised his head as he put away his phone. Without answering her question, he turned his head around and saw Gary who was coming out of the car.
Not fearing he would get recognized, Gary openly stood at the vehicle’s hood and nodded his head toward Ian. “Greetings.”
Ian nodded in response. Since he was wearing a mask, his voice sounded muffled. “Thank you for sending Cindy home, Mr. Frye.”
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: The Returning EX (John and Sophia)
So what happens to Ian and Cindy. Is she/ or does she get pregnant? Do they go back to the city and Ian works with Logan? Does Aurora stay in the entertainment industry or return with Ian? Terrible ending, who cares if Aurora was drinking/drunk with colleagues. What happened with Ian and Cindy?!...
Get rid of Gary. Apparently Cindy is too dumb to figure out his motives 😡...
Why are you trying to break them up when they just got together and are a loving couple. Let them stay close and move back to their true friends, Logan, Lola, John and Sophia!...
Sure hope Ian pulls his head out of his behind and works this out with Cindy. His brother needs him at the company and neither one of them truly like the celebrity life. Sophia and Lola will love her …....
I can’t wait for John to take down the Bailey’s including Isabelle so he, Sophia, William and Matilda can live in peace. Introduce Yolanda to Richard so they are out of the picture....
Ugh, don’t break up Sophia and John… they belong together and Sophia is just stubborn for no reason...
Sophia lives John, he just needs to tell her he loves her and get on with their life and family. Too much interference from others....
Sophia is so stupid....
John needs to man up, tell his mother and Isabelle to take a flying leap and confess to Sophia that he made a horrible mistake in divorcing her. This story is taking too long and once again, the bitches are looking like they are on the right side. Awful...